I am concerned with dinning at Disney world. I see that you have to have advance reservations for dinning. That seems had to plan for weeks out!
I have also heard that the Dinning add on option is not very good.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed.
One Last question... We will be there March 25 to March 31 (Crazy I now know)Will it be warm enough for the water parks or should I not add on that option into our package?

Thanks in advance for any ideas and comments!

You don't need advance reservations for all Disney restaurants - only the top tier ones. This would include Victoria & Albert, California Grill, Artist Point and perhaps a few others. That is because they are among the best in Disney and the best in the greater Orlando area. If you want to celebrate a special occasion in one of these restaurants, then by all means make your reservation now. If not, you will still have many other good options available to you.

Weather could be summertime 80's and 90's in the afternoon and could be too cool for water parks. Odds favor warmer. But, it's a gamble.

Since you'll be at WDW during the Easter holidays (which are always extremely crowded), you'll definitely need advanced dining reservations for a table-service restaurant. And you can be sure that most ADRs for those restaurants have been made long before now. If I were you I'd get on the phone with Disney Dining right away to see if anything's available; perhaps they could fit you in somewhere. If not, you could take your chances as a walk-up (but be prepared for very long wait times); otherwise, there's always counter service. One other suggestion would be to dine at one of Disney's resorts, although the ones located right at Magic Kingdom and Epcot would most likely be booked up. Good luck!

Because you will be there during a very busy time, I recommend you make Advance Dining Reservations (ADR's), if possible. I know it can be difficult to plan where you want to eat in advance, but you may find it nearly impossible to just walk up to a Table Service restaurant and be seated. The restaurants at WDW can be VERY busy during peak times and you are going Easter week - it could be crazy!

While we've never been there in late March, I think it will be warm enough for the water parks.

with all those kids around, Disney must always be dinning!

We always make ADRs months ahead of time, both because I love to plan and we have fav restaurants/want to have character meals. I agree with calling now to see what is available, but would suggest doing so with a plan as to which park/area you may be in on a given day (if you've decided). I would not count on walk-ups at sit-down restaurants; I believe there are only so many parties that can be seated at a given restaurant on a given night (they need to finish everyone up by park closing) - a number of years ago (during summer) our son was sick during the day and when he was feeling better we went to Magic Kingdom and tried to get into a sit-down for dinner and their wait was so long they were not taking any more names (and this was just a non-character, simple meal).
As to the water parks, we have gone before in February, but you can never tell. I would guess you would be fine at least one of your days to go, but perhaps if you are concerned you could add it on later through the resort guest services (assuming you are staying on Disney property).
Have fun!

Gotta' disagree with Orlando Vic that you only need dining reservations for the "top tier" restaurants. At any busy time at WDW, you will want advance dining reservations for most restaurants, or be prepared for a lengthy wait. We went in Sept (not a historically busy time, but they were running a special for free Disney dining plan, so more people were eating on property than usual) and were unable to get into several restaurants, including O'Hana's. Sure, we showed up, put our name on the list and proceeded to wait, but after 2+ hours, we gave up and went elsewhere.

As for the Disney dining plan, we liked it. Of course, we got it for free. It is *plenty* to eat for any normal person in a day. You get credits for 1 waitress service restaurant, 1 counter service restaurant and 1 snack per day. We used our snack credits for breakfast -- bagels or muffins. We used our counter service for lunch in the park and then had dinner at a waitress service restaurant in the evening.

If you don't want to eat on property, there are also plenty of off property options (though they aren't on the dining plan) in the area.

We just went to Disney at Christmas time and I agree with all of the suggestions about getting advance reservations for your sit-down meals. In the past, you could pretty much walk up anywhere but with these new dining plans that has changed significantly.

We spoke with our waiter at Jiko at the Animal Kingdom Lodge (excellent by the way) and he said Disney restaurants now have two seasons - Busy and Slammed!

Be sure to check out the dining plan details - I know some things have changed as of 2008 (no longer includes tax/tips - or something similar) and I have heard it wasn't as good of a deal as it used to be but since we went in December we did use it. As the last poster said - Plenty of food! but check the details and make sure it is worth it for you and your family.

Have a great trip!

The Disney Dining Plan has changed for 2008. The cost is $37.99 per adult per night and $9.99 per night for children 3-9.

This includes one snack, one counter-service meal (entree, dessert & non-alcoholic beverage) and one table service meal (entree, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage)for each night of your package. The 2007 Dining Plan included an appetizer and the tip for the table service meal. The 2008 Plan does not include the appetizer or the tip.

You can use your credits anyway you choose. For example, if you arrive late in the day, you don't have to use any credits that day and then you would have those credits left to use on another day of your trip.

Also, you can only purchase the Disney Dining Plan as part of a package (Disney on-site hotel and at least a one day ticket for each person in your party.)

My best friend was a dining reservation specialist for Disney and spent all day on the phone helping people map out where to eat based on the parks you'll be in that day - and she SWEARS by advance planning. We planned our meals and it made a huge difference in the amount of park time because we didn't backtrack to restuarants on the opposite side of the park, and we didn't stand in line.